{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-8a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 8A","heading":"Foods containing foreign injury causing substances; distribution or sale","body":"Section 8A. Whoever sells, gives, or distributes to anyone candy or other food or foodstuffs containing a foreign substance, which is intended or may reasonably be expected to cause injury to a person eating the same, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 270"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter270/Section8A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:15Z","sha256":"0808b07693f78df6fe53f4c9f56158844c4f4d89b45b12f05e19472471d62526","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}